BIOSHOCK-ed!!!

Ghost · Wed 22/08/2007 20:40:21

Could you PM me that rumour so that I can check it against another one I've been told, ildu? I won't be abe to affort the game in the near future anyway, so I might get some backseat thrills at least.

edit: this is funny. my "l" has just jumped out of the keyboard.

Evil · Wed 22/08/2007 20:53:06

Is it addiction? Because I've read a lot of places that addiction to plasmids can happen like the residents of the city. Which may or may not be a major "plot twist" but I can't imagine it would ruin the ending.

ManicMatt · Wed 22/08/2007 20:57:11

Stop!! Anymore plot mentions and I'm not reading this thread anymore! I'd rather find out for myself about every little plot detail, without being influenced by outside information/rumours.

Heck, i could tell you a possible rimour, but I won't! Ha! I wished I hadnt read it in that 360 magazine in the first place...

Evil · Thu 23/08/2007 03:23:06

Sorry. :p

Reguardless it's going to be a sweet game. I could know the whole plot, front to back, back to front, and I would still play it. Like Halo. I could tell you the ending but you'd still love playing it.

Vince Twelve · Thu 23/08/2007 07:06:35

Quote from: ProgZmax on Wed 22/08/2007 19:23:55
The demo is pretty fun and it runs quite nicely with everything on full for me so I give them credit for taking the time to optimize the game for somewhat lower-end systems.

I felt encouraged by people saying things like this, so I finally got around to installing Boot Camp and a Windows partition on my Mac Book Pro and downloaded the demo, and I'll be damned if it didn't run smoothly! Awesome! Now just to work out that whole "I have no free time" problem...

ManicMatt · Thu 23/08/2007 09:38:00

Yeah, Gothic 3 was awful for that! Even on the lowest possible settings making it look like a first gen ps2 game, it ran awfully slow on my pc, when Oblivion runs alright on medium settings for me.

I'm getting Biockshock for my 360 anyway.. and I've decided to get Oblivion Game of the year for the 360 instead of playing it on my pc. I just am a console player at heart and like to stick a disc in and play and not have to faff about.

It's a shame Bioshock will be good, if it was bad I could have called it Bileshock! Boom-tish! Thankyou! You've been great!

Lastly and unrelated, why is there a game company calling itself GameCock?!!

vict0r · Thu 23/08/2007 12:31:07

Quote from: Vince Twelve on Thu 23/08/2007 07:06:35
Quote from: ProgZmax on Wed 22/08/2007 19:23:55
The demo is pretty fun and it runs quite nicely with everything on full for me so I give them credit for taking the time to optimize the game for somewhat lower-end systems.

I felt encouraged by people saying things like this, so I finally got around to installing Boot Camp and a Windows partition on my Mac Book Pro and downloaded the demo, and I'll be damned if it didn't run smoothly! Awesome! Now just to work out that whole "I have no free time" problem...

MBP eh..? Let's see how this thing runs on my new macbook

It'll doubtfully run very well, but it's worth a try. I want to see what the hype is all about anyway. Maybe I'll be amazed!

EDIT: Oooon second thought I might just not, seeing as I have 64 mb vram..

ManicMatt · Thu 23/08/2007 17:58:13

So I went to town to get it and here it is!

Ive been playing it for a few hours now, it's a lot of fun! It's a brilliant FPS, with clever design and lots of detail.

nick.keane · Thu 23/08/2007 22:07:35

Bought it and played it on Tuesday. Just ran out to Target and they had it, fun so far I got to the Arcadia, but I haven't found enough time to play it any further. Gonna damn well find time though

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Quote from: ManicMatt on Thu 23/08/2007 17:58:13
So I went to town to get it and here it is!

That 360 box looks so far f**kin cooler than the PC version's case.

Domino · Fri 24/08/2007 00:10:51

Didn't a certain area of Rapture remind anybody of Silent Hill? During this section of the game i was thinking to myself...I hope Silent Hill V looks and plays like this. Haven't played since Tuesday, but i will be playing it more Saturday. IMO 10/10.

Adamski · Sun 26/08/2007 18:26:06

Just finished the game myself, easily on par with System Shock 2. The plot has a lot of subtleties too beyond the surface storyline. I don't think I harbour any disappointments, although a couple of bits struck me as odd...

*DON'T READ THESE IF YOU'VE NOT FINISHED THE GAME!*

Spoiler

The bit in Arcadia with the trees for oxygen... perhaps the designers forgot that with all that water around them they wouldn't be running short of H2 or O anytime soon

Also, the final boss was a bit anti-climatic, but then these things always are.

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Spoiler

Otherwise, I did enjoy that you get to romp around as a fake Big Daddy at the end... I went back scavenging some audio diaries that I'd missed which explained a bit more backstory. There are some great moments when things you weren't sure about click in to place... such as the little sister training ground with the drawing of the dead puppy on the wall and the audio diary of Suchong asking a little boy to kindly snap the neck of a dog, the audio diary and ghost of the stripper in Sander Cohen's playground, and the diaries about genetic code lockdowns on the metro system and recovery chambers being tuned to Ryan's genetic code only (and any close relatives). All the plot holes find themselves being filled in if you're attentive enough!

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nick.keane · Tue 28/08/2007 22:51:36

I just got past the twist! It was pretty ingeniously thought out, imo. Wish it had more impact though :-/. Still, a great game this has been so far, hope to finish it over the next couple of days or so before my random plasmid-changes consume me!

ildu · Wed 29/08/2007 01:03:05

Here's a Bioschock tweak guide if anyone's interested:

http://www.tweakguides.com/Bioshock_1.html

Domino · Wed 29/08/2007 02:22:06

I think i am getting close to the end of the game, but now my 360 is acting up. Sometimes when i first start a game and then the system freezes and i get a checkerboard screen. I have been reading about this and it means that my 360 is pretty much on life support. I have only had my 360 for little over a year, and now it decides to start f-ing up on me. Hope i can finish this game before i get the dreaded 3 rings of death.

Vince Twelve · Wed 29/08/2007 05:22:19

That's pretty crap. I've had my PS2 since launch and have never replaced it, even with heavy use. Same with my Gamecube. Hell, I've still got an NES that I got for Christmas '89 that works with a little blowing. Hopefully Microsoft's replacement procedures aren't too cumbersome or lengthy. It would really suck to be within spitting distance of the end of an exciting game and suddenly have to stop for a month while you wait for the console manufacturer to fix their mistakes.

I broke down and ordered this game (pc version). My will is so weak! Now I'm just waiting for the international delivery.

vict0r · Wed 29/08/2007 09:49:20

Quote from: Vince Twelve on Wed 29/08/2007 05:22:19
Hopefully Microsoft's replacement procedures aren't too cumbersome or lengthy. It would really suck to be within spitting distance of the end of an exciting game and suddenly have to stop for a month while you wait for the console manufacturer to fix their mistakes.

Unfortunately, that's what they are. You might get lucky and get it back within two weeks, but they should really get more staff at their repair station. $:-\$

nick.keane · Thu 30/08/2007 13:02:47

If anyone else is having hardware issues for the PC version of BioShock, Gamespot has compiled yet another hardware performance guide:

http://www.gamespot.com/features/6177688/index.html

Quote from: vict0r on Wed 29/08/2007 09:49:20
Quote from: Vince Twelve on Wed 29/08/2007 05:22:19
Hopefully Microsoft's replacement procedures aren't too cumbersome or lengthy. It would really suck to be within spitting distance of the end of an exciting game and suddenly have to stop for a month while you wait for the console manufacturer to fix their mistakes.

Unfortunately, that's what they are. You might get lucky and get it back within two weeks, but they should really get more staff at their repair station. $:-\$

I agree, I sent out my old XBox 360 Pro (got 3 rings) in January and they took forever to send back a 'new' one. However, this new one froze up randomly for no reason, so I had to recently replace it with a 360 Elite when I moved down south to Florida. Stupid technical servicing!!!

Domino · Sat 01/09/2007 02:33:31

You know what...Microsoft can kiss my fat ass!!! I have had it with this piece of shit that i bought. This is what i get tonight after trying to play...

I hope my 360 dies a rotten death so i never have to see this damn screen again.

Please give me the 3 rings of death so i can send this crap system back. If not, i will take it outside and smash it myself. Never had any console problems like this before.

That screen means that my 360 is heading for the morgue. I am so pissed off.

Can't believe i paid almost 600 dollars on Ebay for this lemon.

Chicky · Sat 01/09/2007 12:17:22

Meh, i havn't crashed the AGS party in a while.

I got the game last friday and finished it within 14 hours, it's a very good game but with some fairly simple gameplay flaws, the combat system is a lot nicer than other FPS games out there, i don't see why they didn't throw in a multiplayer mode.

The Good ending explains a fair deal but is far too short.

vict0r · Sat 01/09/2007 12:45:23

Domino: You'll probably be able to take it back now, but it'll probably take some time unfortunately... $:-\$
Worst thing is that they don't even fix it! They'll send you another xbox with the exact same insides and hope for the best.

If you're lucky you might be able to take it back to the store.

BIOSHOCK-ed!!!

Ghost